The thematic sections and networks organize highly focused seminars and conferences under the ECREA umbrella.
Upcoming seminarsTarget participants: ECREA section members (but open to all)
Affiliation: Philosophy of Communication Section
Venue: University of Surrey, Guildford
Date: Nov 08 - Nov 09, 2007
Contact: contact@philosophy-of-communication.eu
Website: Philosophy of Communication Section Website
LANDMARKS is the Biannual conference of the Philosophy of Communication Section of ECREA.
Keynote speaker for the 2007 conference is Siegfrid J. Schmidt.
Rethinking communication theory seems to be in vogue again. Even though it is dangerous to seek to predict future theoretical trends, the field of communication theory seems likely to continue to generate much attention. And yet, this field still disguises what might be uncovered: its analytical background and the constraints resulting from an implicit incorporation of philosophical thinking into current communication theory in its various manifestations.
Read moreTarget participants: ECREA section members (but open to all)
Affiliation: ECREA Film studies Section, in collaboration with the University of Antwerp Visual Culture research group, the Ghent University Working Group Film and Television Studies, the Flemish Service for Film Culture (VDFC), the Royal Belgian Film Archive and the HoMER-network
Venue: Royal Belgian Archive in Brussels, Belgium (tbc)
Date: Dec 13 - Dec 15, 2007
Contact: Philippe Meers
Call: To be published
Read moreAffiliation: ECREA Film Studies Section in collaboration with the International Cinema Audiences Research Group (ICARG).
Venue: Brussels
Date: Dec 15 - Dec 16, 2007
Contact: Gert Willems and Liesbeth van de Vijver
Website: www.cinemagoingconference.ugent.be (under construction)
The aim of the conference is to review the current state of research in the history of moviegoing and film exhibition and distribution. We seek to bring together scholars dealing with these subjects from all over the globe.
Please submit abstracts (500 words) with short bio to Gert Willems and Liesbeth van de Vijver before 6 July 2007. Speakers will be notified of acceptance by 31 July 2007.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Annette Kuhn (University of London)
Richard Maltby (Flinders University)
Target participants: Scholars interested in narratives
Affiliation: Narrative Network, ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Section and Department of Communication, University of Vienna
Venue: University of Vienna, Austria
Date: Apr 04 - Apr 05, 2009
Contact: susanne.kinnebrock@univie.ac.at, helena.bilandzic@uni-erfurt.de
Call for papers: http://www2.kommunikationswissenschaft-erfurt.de/uploads/call_narrative_workshop.pdf
The workshop deals with the question of how fictional and factual stories are intertwined at various levels and intends to deepen insights of how patterns of construction and the effects of stories differ with respect to its factual or fictional background.
Read moreTarget participants: Members of the International and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Democracy, Communication, Law and Policy Sections (but open to all)
Affiliation: Giganet and International and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Democracy, Communication, Law and Policy Sections of ECREA
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Date: May 11 2009
Contact: Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr
Website: http://giganet.igloogroups.org/publiclibr/giganetcos/2009brusse
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) invites you to participate in a scholarly workshop to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 May 2009. This full day workshop is organized in cooperation with three thematic sections of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA): International and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Democracy, Communication, Law and Policy sections.
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